Protocol Suite Overview

• The "TCP/IP" Protocol Stack
• The IPv4 Datagram
• IP Adressing and Routing - Basics
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Point to Point Protocol (PPP), and Serial Line IP (SLIP)
• Domain Name Service (DNS)
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Management Protocols
• Applications for IP technology
• Quality of Service - Basics
• Standardisation 

IP and Data Networks

• Enterprise Applications
• The Local Area Network (LAN)
• Architectures
• Technology Choices
• Routers
• Bridges
• Repeaters
• Wide and Metropolitan Area Networks (WANs & MANs)
• Principles
• Technology Choices
• The Internet
• The Architecture
• Limitations
• Quality Issues
• Secure Paths
• Transport Technologies
• Ethernet
• ATM
• Frame Relay
• PDH
• SDH
• Optical / DWDM
• Token Ring
• Virtual Private Networks 

IP Network Operation

• IP Addressing
• IP Version 4 Address Limitations
• Network Address Translation
• DNS and ARP
• Routing Protocols
• Overview
• Dynamic Routing
• Distance Vector Routing
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Other Routing Protocols
• Tunneling
• TCP and Congestion Control
• QoS Requirements
• Content and Media Types
• QoS Mechanisms in:
• ATM
• MPLS
• DiffServ (Differentiated Services)
• IntServ (Integrated Services)
• Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• IP Version 6
• The IPv6 Header
• Header Fields Explained
• Traffic Classes
• Source and Destination Addressing
• IPv4 to IPv6 – Making the Transition
• Dual IP Layers
• Tunneling

IP Telephony and VoIP

• Softswitch Principles
• The Media Gateway
• VoIP Call Control
• Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
• Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
• Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• MEGACO and Media Gateway Control
• Bearer-Independent Call Control (BICC)
• Signalling over IP
• SS7 and IP
• SIGTRAN Protocols
• MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)
• Stream Control Transport Protocol (SCTP)
  

IP in the Mobile Network

• The Requirements
• Mobile Networks and IP Evolution
• The General Packet Radio Service
• The GPRS Core Network
• Network Architecture and Network Elements
• GPRS Support Nodes
• The GPRS Context
• Servers (DHCP/Radius)
• GPRS Access
• Best Effort Services
• Advanced Services
• Streaming / Advanced Media Support
• Quality of Service in GPRS – DiffServ, IntServ, and RSVP
• Use of E.164 numbering scheme
• ENUM Protocol
• Evolution to 3G UMTS
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• IMS Architecture
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• SIP Messages
• SIP and SDP
• Provision of QoS
• IMS Call Signalling Examples
• SIP and Quality of Service Issues
• Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
• IP in the Radio Access Network
• Support for IPv6
• Header Compression
• IP on the RAN interfaces
• Quality of Service in the Radio Access Network
• Use of ATM in the Radio access Network
• Integrating Wireless LAN into the Network
  

Security and AAA

• Security Considerations
• Types of Network Attacks
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
• IPSec (IP Security)
• Secure Connections and Virtual Private Networks
• Internet Key Exchange (IKE)

• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)